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I just love that some guys trying hard to come up with a new rock and roll song created something that folks in every genre want to cover. Thunderstruck is brilliant, but the fact that it fits into endless genres feels like an ingenious accident.
There's a hillbilly version where they hammer an anvil at the right times, and after hearing that I actually miss that part on the regular version.
(but i'm guessing it won't....)
Any version of Thunderstruck is better if it doesn't include Brian Johnson's strangled, Daffy Duck vocals...
I don't know the original and AC/DC isn't my kind of thang but I do agree that the instrumental version here is preferable!
Cooool!
LLRP
So far, every version of this I've heard other than by AC/DC has been excellent. This one is pretty cool, Steve'n'Seagulls do a great bluegrass version, but the one by 2CELLOS is the best. I don't like Brian Johnson's vocals at all.
Who cares what you don't like, the only "version" of this is the original!
Really bad and no reason to exist.
That's no way to talk about yourself, MattRudely!!
The video for the 2 Cellos version is something else, starts as a delightful whimsical classical piece in front of a highbrow audience at the theatre and then speeds up into a full on high octane that frightens the oldies but the kids go wild :
2CELLOS - Thunderstruck [OFFICIAL VIDEO] - YouTube
Indeed
PSD!!!!!
Did you check the link ?- think you may have misunderstood
So far, every version of this I've heard other than by AC/DC has been excellent. This one is pretty cool, Steve'n'Seagulls do a great bluegrass version, but the one by 2CELLOS is the best. I don't like Brian Johnson's vocals at all.
Could you tell your mom? No one else cares.
Really bad and no reason to exist.
I sense an exercise in projection. Remember, help is available. Call a hotline.
That's an interesting collection of symbolic objects on the album cover, enough to keep a deconstructionist busy for a few hours, I'm sure. Is yer man one of the many Scottish Italians, anyone know?
No, Fred, unlike Paolo Nutini and Peter Capaldi, Luca was born and raised in Italy.
https://en.everybodywiki.com/L...
Biography
Luca
Stricagnoli (born 25 October 1991 in Varese, Italy) is an Italian
fingerstyle guitar player known for his unconventional playing style[1], innovative techniques[2], and guitar inventions (Soprano Guitar, Reversed Triple Neck Guitar,[3] Reversed Slide Neck).[4][5] He has toured in over 20 countries[6][7] all over the world [8][9]and obtained hundreds of millions of views on the Internet. [10][11]
Luca began playing classical guitar at the age of 10 in his
hometown Malnate and continued his studies at the Conservatory of Como.
At the age of 16, facing personal struggles, he decided to give
up music believing he would never play again. He focused his energy
into the sport of Judo, taking part in competitions and from time to
time injuring his fingers. After 3 years away from the guitar after
seeing a video of Andy McKee playing the song Drifting, Luca was
inspired to finally pick up a guitar again and cultivate new skills.
Technique and musical influences
Like
many other guitarist Luca is a little bit like a one man band
What sets Stricagnoli’s apart from these cover artists is his innate
ability to push beyond the typical constraints of a cover song. Where
most cover artists would simply repurpose the original melodic and
chordal lines to suit the guitar, Stricagnoli integrates a vast array of
guitar techniques and an astounding sense of rhythmic drive alongside
the existing melody to create a cover that is both true to the original
and uniquely its own.
He is adept at incorporating other instruments into his
compositions, Stricagnoli allows himself to assume the role of both
soloist and accompanist through a display of coordination and focus,
which often sees him playing multiple instruments simultaneously.
[12]
It is in this way that Stricagnoli demonstrates how there are
always new ways to make music- even on your own! His rendition of Last
of the Mohicans features a violin bow, three guitars and just one
performer
He is influenced by a mix of artists from Jamie Cullum and Muse band to Hans Zimmer[13]
and classical music as seen by him Banjo cover of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik/Serenade in G.[14]
Guitars and technical equipment
He
is known for using multiple guitars and instruments in his videos, He
sometimes uses a Guitar that is tuned for the melody of the piece he is
playing and he plays the rhythm and percussion with one hand while the
other hand plays the melody. This can be seen in his version of Sweet
child of mine by Guns and Roses.
He unveiled his triple neck guitar during his cover of Feel Good
Inc. by Gorilaz . It features three necks: a standard neck, a Soprano
neck and a reversed neck, which is the equivilent of and unside down
Bass Guitar.
[15]
Since then he has included many instruments in his videos and in
2020 he unveiled the Reverse Slide Neck. It´s an add-on neck which can
be fixed and removed in just a few seconds and opens new possibilities
to guitar playing.[16].Most of his guitars were built by Italian luthier Davide Serracini
I just love that some guys trying hard to come up with a new rock and roll song created something that folks in every genre want to cover. Thunderstruck is brilliant, but the fact that it fits into endless genres feels like an ingenious accident.
So many amazing covers of this song. The brilliance of AC/DC.
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That's an interesting collection of symbolic objects on the album cover, enough to keep a deconstructionist busy for a few hours, I'm sure. Is yer man one of the many Scottish Italians, anyone know?
No, he´s from from the north-east of Italy
For sheer weirdness of a cover version of pretty much anything, it's hard to beat "Sambastruck" by the magnificent Mambo Kurt from Germany:
Mambo Kurt - Sambastruck
I am currently trying to not chuckle too hard.
I failed. This is... indescribable!
Mambo Kurt - Sambastruck
Warning: link contains 1970's electronic home organ, best enjoyed with a few beers and a sense of humour, preferably during a live performance. (More of this mayhem at https://mambokurt.de/videos/)
Ahnyer_Keester wrote:
How about now?
The cover versions by Steve'n'Seagulls and 2CELLOS are both excellent BTW, thanks for sharing!
AC/DC Thunderstruckj was on and that made me find the link to this discussion
mambo kurt is hysterically bad.
the other two are good, but the 2cellos are superb ...thanks for the suggestion guys.
Yes, and the whole album is veddy good!
And. . . I haven't heard a rendition yet that I didn't like. Now that's what I call a song with a backbone!
Thank you for saying that!
In fact, his "Change of Rules" album is amazing, with many standouts. Covers of wide variety of songs - with Luca's amazing guitar playing. He has picked up where Michael Hedges (sadly) left off.
jchrise wrote:I hate when guitar players use their guitar as a drum.
Just saying.
sbegf wrote:
Gasp...Michael Hedges just rolled over in his grave!
As well as Eddie Van Halen
No, he´s from the north-east of italy (Varese). Check his bio on https://www.lucastricagnoli.co...
Agree, I really dislike the original, but listening to this version, I can appreciate the melody.
Mambo Kurt - Sambastruck
Warning: link contains 1970's electronic home organ, best enjoyed with a few beers and a sense of humour, preferably during a live performance. (More of this mayhem at https://mambokurt.de/videos/)
Ahnyer_Keester wrote:
How about now?
The cover versions by Steve'n'Seagulls and 2CELLOS are both excellent BTW, thanks for sharing!
Wow, I am listening and yes it is thunderstruck, and I would love to hear him sing it, because I he plays certainly plays it better!
...
What was that? "because I he plays certainly plays"
From the backwoods of Finland...awesome version of thunderstruck (hillbilly style) yeehaw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc
irritating at it's best
Not my fave AC/DC, tune, either.
Spastic white boy "rock".
irritating at it's best
https://blog.guitar-pro.com/2015/01/thunderstruck-goes-acoustic-luca-stricagnoli/
I disagree that he plays it better. It is certainly good but much different than the AC/DC version. Not as fun-more National Public Radio than Teenage Angst. Give me the angst.
...like?!?
7!!
My g/f and I actually laughed out loud at this!!
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Agreed. If anything, RP is thoughtful and systematic in what it spins for us. "Targeted" might be a fair description of their "shopping." While they might not know the unknown, they certainly have prepared for the environs and know when they have found the unknown they sought.
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I did know some ladies of the night who were "on the Stroll"
Perhaps their clients were trolls.
Having trolled for several hundred hours in my life with a dead herring in tow, I can attest they they had more luck than me.
Bill does cast his nets wide, and may have trawled this good track up from the deep. Trolled, not so much?
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https://blog.guitar-pro.com/2015/01/thunderstruck-goes-acoustic-luca-stricagnoli/
He was born in Italy, but his website doesn't say where he presently resides. It's funny you mention "Scottish Italians" - my father was born in Glasgow - his father was an Italian who moved to the UK at the turn of the century.
Bump. Bill, the Cover Doctor, has trolled up another winner!
Bill does cast his nets wide, and may have trawled this good track up from the deep. Trolled, not so much?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc
Bump. Bill, the Cover Doctor, has trolled up another winner!
Don't hear much Paolo Nutrini here, but you may have a point.
We have a Paolo Pietro Paolo on the radio here, so who knows?
I love it when they give hard rock the classical treatment!
Haha, how wrong can you be!
NeilBlanchard wrote:
Exactly !
Ditto
